U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) in introducing bipartisan legislation with Senators John Kennedy (R-La.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) to provide relief for impacted taxpayers in states that have issued state-level disaster declarations.
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Intolerance for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly, issued the following statement on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Plus Pride Month 2023.
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Steny Hoyer (all D-Md.) today announced $5 million for Mallows Bay as part of a $2.6 billion investment in climate resilience projects across the country. This historic investment – provided through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – is part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda which supports communities and people on the frontlines of climate change, particularly Tribes and vulnerable populations.
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Steny Hoyer (all D-Md.) today announced $5 million for Mallows Bay as part of a $2.6 billion investment in climate resilience projects across the country.
I want to commend the United States Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority (USSC) General Michael Fenzel, and his team, for completing this important summation report on the shooting death of American citizen and journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh.
Maryland's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending May 20, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led 15 of his Senate colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to support state-level “Easy Enrollment” initiatives, which enable uninsured low-income families to sign up for health insurance when filing their state income tax returns.
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) along with their Senate colleagues in reintroducing a resolution recognizing the anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and honoring the lives and legacies of the nearly 300 Black individuals who were killed and the nearly 9,000 Black individuals who were left homeless and penniless as a result.
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $5,000,000 to spur scientific and technological research at Morgan State University in Baltimore City. Over the next five years, these federal funds – provided through the National Science Foundation’s Centers for Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program – will establish a new CREST Center for advanced magnet and semiconductor research at the University and will serve as a hub for research collaboration in the region.